I have a couple of replacements in mind, and I would like to know if anyone has any experience with them in, obviously, Linux systems with the FOSS drivers. I was using a XFX Geforce 8600GT with the Fedora 17 Nouveau driver.

It's been around eleven years since I soldered anything, so I'm not confident I wouldn't mess it up the first couple of times. This would be an interesting project when I have some time. Hmm... Where can I get a junker with a PCIe slot...

Awesome, I just found a forum thread about bad caps on my card. Those are the ones that popped.